| Orchestra Makassy / Agwaya (Legends of East Africa |
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| Album: | Agwaya (Legends of East Africa | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Orchestra Makassy | Added: | 02/2005 | |
| Label: | Arc Music Inc. | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2005-03-13 | Pull Date: | 2005-05-15 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | 15 May | 8 May | 17 Apr | 3 Apr | 27 Mar | 20 Mar |
| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jul 25, 2013: | maximum entropy Mosese | 4. | Jun 21, 2005: | At the Cafe Bohemian Mke Wangu | |
| 2. | Dec 13, 2012: | Cacao! Zimbabwe | 5. | May 15, 2005: | Subcutaneous Phycomycosis Nakolela Cherie | |
| 3. | Jan 09, 2007: | At the Cafe Bohemian Mambo Bado | 6. | May 08, 2005: | Mother's Day Mini-Marathon Mume Wangu |
| Album Review |
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| Decca Reviewed 2005-03-07 | ||
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Originally released in 1982 this recording features the Tanzanian-Zairean band with a warm, swaying soukous sound. Happy, dancey, w/vocals, percussion, guitars, and some good horns. It’s an easy, joyful collection of songs. Not as uptempo as similar releases, it nevertheless has a good energy & a catchy sound. 1. Fun, lively, a good introduction to their sound. *2. Bright & fun w/some nice work from the horn section. 3. Swinging & bright w/warm vocals & lots of good stuff from band *4. Muted horns, vocals, perc. Lazy and catchy. 5. Nice blend of guitars/vocals/perc. Midtempo. 6. Midtempo & swaying w/lots of all their good stuff. *7. Good vocals/guitar/perc. Dancey, bright. 8. Lazy and warm. Sweet. *9. Bouncy, catchy blend of vox/horns/perc. Yay! 10. Almost a Latin sound. A happy little dance. *11. Vox/humming/perc/strings. Bright & catchy. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Mambo Bado | 6. | Athumani | |||
| 2. | Zimbabwe | 7. | Mke Wangu | |||
| 3. | Kufulisika Sio Kilema | 8. | Molema | |||
| 4. | Nakolela Cherie | 9. | Ubaya Wa Nini | |||
| 5. | Mosese | 10. | Muungano | |||
| 11. | Mume Wangu | |||||